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Books and materials used:

  1. Hawaiian Marine Shells: Reef and Shore Fauna of Hawaii Section 4:
    Molluscs by E. Alison Kay 1979
  2. From Hawaiian Marine Molluscs -an update to Kay 1979
    compiled by Fabio Moretzsohn and E. Alison Kay
    University of Hawai'i at Manoa June 1995

Hawaiian Shells from my Personal Collection
Class: Gastropoda

Subclass PROSOBRANCHIA      
 

Order: DOCOGLOSSA

 

 

SuperFamily: PATTELLOIDEA Family: Patellidae
SuperFamily: NERITOIDEA Family: Neritopsidae
Family: Neritidae
   Sub Family: Neritinae
   SubFamily: Smaragdiinae
Family: Phenacolepadidae


Kay: Page: 43
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Order: DOCOGLOSSA
  SuperFamily: PATTELLOIDEA
    Family: Patellidae
      Genus: Cellana
        Species: exarta (Reeve, 1854)
        Species: melanostoma (Pilsbry, 1891) (Fossil)
        Species: sandwhichensis (Pease, 1861)
        Species: talcosa (Gould, 1846)

Family: Patelloidae
 

Cellana sandwicensis
31 & 35 mm.

Cellana talcosa
54 & 40mm.
Left Shell was acid cleaned

Shell badly worn
??? Could it be a Cellana melamostoma
36 mm. long by 20 mm. deep

 

Kay: Page: 61
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Order: DOCOGLOSSA
  SuperFamily: NERITOIDEA:
    Family: Neritopsidae
      Genus: Neritopsis
        Species: radula (Linnaeus, 1758)

Neritopsidae

No specimens in my collection at present
 


Kay: Page: 61
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Order: Docoglossa
  SuperFamily: NERITOIDEA
    Family: Neritidae
   
  • SubFamily: Neritnae
      Genus: Nerita
        Species: albicilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
        Species: picea (Recluz, 1841) Pleistocene fossils
        Species: plicata (Linnaeus, 1758)
        Species: polita (Linnaeus, 1758)
        Species: turrita (Chemnitz, 1758)
      Genus: Neritilia
        Species: hawaiiensis (Kay, 1979)
      Genus: Neritina
        Species: granosa (Sowerby, 1825)
      Genus: Smaragdia
        Species: bryannae (Pilsbry, 1917 in Smaragdiinae)
      Genus: Theodoxus
        Species: cariosus (Wood, 1828)
        Species: neglectus (Pease, 1868)
        Species: vespertinus (Sowerby, 1849)

Family: Neritidae - SubFamily: Neritnae
 

2-216.
2 mm.
Neritopsidae
???Neritilia hawaiiensis

2-217.
2 mm.
Neritopsidae
?? Neritilia hawaiiensis or
Smaragdia bryanae


2-232.
4 mm.
Neritia picea
Many specimens none with operculums

Nerita polita
40 mm.

Nerita polita
series showing various colours and their operculums
34 mm. , 30 mm. & 35 mm.
Many specimens, most with operculums

Neritina granosa
Lenght 38 mm.
Rough shell

Theodoxus neglectus
Lenght 19 mm.

Smooth shell

vTheodoxus vespertinus
Lenght to 20 mm.

Many specimens

Smooth shell


Theodoxus cariosus
Lenght 23 mm.

   

 

Kay: Page:
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Order: Docoglossa
  SuperFamily: NERITOIDEA
    Family: Neritidae
   
  • SubFamily: Smaragdiinae
      Genus: Smaragdia
        Species: bryanae (Pilsbry, 1917)

Family: Neritidae - SubFamily: Smaragdiinae
 

2-229.
4 mm.
?? Smaragdia bryanae
   

 

Kay: Page: 67
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Order: Docoglossa
  SuperFamily: NERITOIDEA
    Family: Phenacolepadidae
      Genus: Phenacolepas
        Species: aculeata (Pease, 1868)
        Species: granocostata (Pease, 1868)
        Species: scobinata (Gould, 1859)

Family: Phenacolepadidae
 
     
     

 

 


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